Built in 1926 as a house for the Alpha Chi Omega sorority, Oregon State purchased the building about 1956. It was used as a cooperative house for women, Co-ed Cottage, unti the early 1980s. Today it serves as the administrative offices of the College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmoshpheric Sciences.
The building was renovated and expanded in 1939. The expansion was designed by John Bennes, who also designed the original building (constructed in 1912).
This building was constructed in 1912, heavily damaged by fire in 1938, and expanded in 1939. Portland architect John Bennes designed both the original building and the 1939 expansion.